Softball

By Matt Velazquez NCAA.org Five years ago, Mallory Holtman, Liz Wallace and Sara Tucholsky were just college seniors trying to make the most of the final few softball games of their careers. When they woke up on the morning of April 26,...

By Brian Hendrickson Northwestern softball player Kristin Scharkey hit one out of the park last summer, all the way to Rwanda. With no prior international experience – and with her parents nervous about her decision to fly solo to a Third...

By Gary Brown NCAA.org Ask people what they think of sabermetrics and you’re likely to get, “Yeah, that was really cool in Star Wars.” But ask Caltech student-athlete Susan Ballentine about it and she’ll say it’s what she wants to do for a...

By Greg Johnson The Playing Rules Oversight Panel during its conference call July 19 approved proposals aimed at increasing offensive opportunities in ice hockey next season. Among the changes is to allow some displacement of the goal...

By Greg Johnson After a lifetime of being one of the greatest ambassadors for college softball, including the last 33 years as the game’s all-time winningest coach at the Division I level, Margie Wright has hung up the spikes. But the win...